Description of four new species of Dipara Walker (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) from India, with records of some species and a key to the Oriental species

Authors

  • P.M. Sureshan Zoological Survey of India, Western Ghat Regional Centre, Kozhikode 673006, India
  • V.K. Raseena Farsana University of Calicut, Kozhikode 673635, Kerala, India.
  • K. Nikhil University of Calicut, Kozhikode 673635, Kerala, India.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33307/entomon.v39i1.38

Keywords:

Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae, Dipara, new species, new records, India

Abstract

Four new species of Dipara Walker, 1833 (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) are described and material pertaining to six known species is recorded. The new species described are: Dipara andamanensis Sureshan & Raseena, sp. n., D. angulata Sureshan & Nikhil, sp. n., D. kannurensis Sureshan & Raseena, sp. n., and D. yercaudensis Sureshan, sp. n. Of the six species recorded, D. gastra (Sureshan & Narendran) is newly recorded from India. A revised key to the Oriental species of Dipara is also given.

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2015-02-27

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Sureshan, P., Farsana, V. R., & Nikhil, K. (2015). Description of four new species of Dipara Walker (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) from India, with records of some species and a key to the Oriental species. ENTOMON, 39(1), 43–62. https://doi.org/10.33307/entomon.v39i1.38

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Vol. 39 No. 1 (2014)

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